Master of Rebirth

Even though rumors were flying everywhere outside, Wang Qi sat firmly in Dongyuan without being disturbed at all.He's thinking about something else now.

It stands to reason that the fake painting that Jia Fugui sold to Zhenbao Pavilion has been on the market for so long, why there is no movement at all until now.Wang Qi couldn't help being a little worried, if the painting was resold by Zhenbao Pavilion to someone who was blind to gold and jade, and mistakenly took the fake for the real one, wouldn't it be a waste of his good move.

Thinking of it this way, Wang Qi regretted making the painting so realistic.If he had known this earlier, he should have left more loopholes.Now it seems that if you want to bring down Jia Fugui and Wang Long, you need to work harder.

Wang Qi was thinking about how to continue cheating Jia Fugui, when Wang Sheng suddenly opened the door and came in, panicked: "Master, I just got the news that Master Zhang has passed away."

Although he knew it was a matter of time, Wang Qi still felt sore and astringent when he heard the news again, mixed with deep regret.Mr. Zhang was kind to him and revived this life, but he didn't even see the last side of Mr. Zhang.

Enduring the tears that were about to overflow her eyes, Wang Qi forced herself to calm down, and said, "Go to the horse to prepare a car, and prepare a bigger one, let's go to Zhang's mansion."

When Wang Qi arrived, the sky in Zhang's house was already full of greenery, there were cries everywhere, and there was an endless stream of carriages coming over for the funeral.Wang Sheng carefully helped him out of the carriage. Wang Qi looked up and found that the county magistrate, master Zhu and a group of officials from the county had all come.

Not wanting to meet them face to face, Wang Qi dawdled for a while before going in.

After saluting in front of the mourning hall, Wang Qi endured her sadness and comforted the Zhang family, and was then invited to drink tea in the back hall.

There are already many mourners sitting in the back hall, most of them are big families in the county.Wang Qi didn't see the few scholars who were familiar with him, so Wang Qi wanted to sit down in an inconspicuous corner.

"Brother Qiongju, this way."

At this time, a familiar voice came, Wang Qi looked around and found Dong Jue sitting not far away.

Sitting down next to Dong Jue, a servant served tea immediately.

Wang Qi said casually, "You're here too."

"It stands to reason that we can't reach a family like the Zhang family, but we kindly came to express our condolences, and there is no reason for them to push people out." Dong Jue smiled awkwardly.

Wang Qi had no intention of speaking, and only now remembered that the Dong family and the Zhang family had no friendship at all. Dong Jue probably got it together by taking advantage of Mr. Zhang's funeral.Thinking about it, the Zhang family cannot lack rich and powerful nobles, and the Dong family and his son will not do useless work.

Afraid of Dong Jue's overthinking, Wang Qi hastened to make amends: "Look at what Brother Wushuang said, the last thing Mr. Zhang cared about was his family status, otherwise you and me who came from merchants would not be able to enter the Zhang family."

"That's it." Knowing that Wang Qi was looking for a step for him, Dong Jue felt sorry for him, and then changed the subject: "Why are you alone, where is Wang Sheng?"

"He has a stomachache, so he went to the toilet." Wang Qi said.

Nodding his head, Dong Jue couldn't help but look at Wang Qi's face.He knew that Wang Qi and Zhang Yunlin were very close, so it must be uncomfortable now.

"Brother Qiongju, you have to mourn." Dong Jue comforted softly.

Wang Qi said: "Thank you, brother Wushuang, for your concern. I'm fine."

"How could it be all right?" Thinking to himself, Dong Jue could only sigh as he looked at his pale face.

"Hey, isn't this the first son Wang and the second son Dong?" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side.

Wang Qi looked up and saw that it was Ma Yuancai, the eldest son of the county magistrate.

Ma Yuancai and Wang Long had a very good friendship, and in his last life he shared his nostrils with Wang Long and helped to punish him.Seeing that Ma Yuancai's visitor was not kind, knowing that he would not be able to hide, Wang Qi smiled slightly, and Shi Shiran stood up to salute.

"Young Master Ma, you are here too." Dong Jue said with a smile as he cupped his hands at Ma Yuancai.

Ma Yuancai said: "I came here with my father. Mr. Dong's business is booming recently. I heard from brother Changsheng that you have made a lot of money recently. You have earned him a full 30 taels of silver just by using two calligraphy and paintings."

"Prosperity" is Wang Long's word.Wang Qi smiled heartily, it seems that Wang Long still talked to Ma Yuancai about everything.

"The painting is someone else's. I just helped to pick up the head. How dare I earn money from Mr. Wang. It's just a favor." Dong Jue is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he picked himself up in a few words. .

Ma Yuancai obviously had no intention of pestering Dong Jue either, he smiled, turned to look at Wang Qi, and said maliciously: "Young Master Wang has been well-known in the county recently."

Dong Jue frowned, predicting that Ma Yuancai had absolutely no good intentions.Rumors about Wang Qi being unfilial to the Wang Li family and framing his brother have spread in Pingyao County recently, and Ma Yuancai mentioned it on purpose, presumably to make Wang Qi look bad in public.

Looking around, Dong Jue found that many people had already turned their eyes to this side, looking like they were watching a good show.

Originally, Ma Yuancai would not deliberately find fault with Wang Qi, but he and Wang Long put loan sharks together well, but was suddenly stopped midway.The good thing of getting quick money was blocked, so Ma Yuancai was naturally unwilling, and kept asking why.Wang Long logically put all the responsibility on Wang Qi's head, and added a lot of bad things about Wang Qi, and hinted that Ma Yuancai and Wang Qi didn't want them to get rich.

Ma Yuancai was angry with Wang Qi, so if he met him in Zhang's house today, he would give him a bad look.

"I have always been unknown in the county, so how can I compare with Mr. Ma, who is famous far and wide." Wang Qi knew what Ma Yuancai was thinking, but she didn't talk to him.

Ma Yuancai naturally refused to let it go, "Young Master Wang is too modest. Compared to literary talent, brother, I am ashamed of myself. But compared to filial piety, brother, I am a bit better than Young Master Wang."

The sarcasm in these words is extremely obvious, and anyone who has heard those rumors can understand.But Wang Qi pretended to be confused: "Mr. Ma is a well-known filial son in the county. When it comes to filial piety, among people of our generation, no one dares to recognize you as the second. If Mr. Ma is only a few times better than the next It is also a great compliment to me."

Ma Yuan came prepared, Dong Jue thought Wang Qi would be ashamed today.Unexpectedly, Wang Qi didn't play cards according to common sense, and his Tai Chi skills were more slippery than anyone else's, so that Ma Yuancai's ruthless punches all hit the cotton.Seeing Ma Yuancai's face turning blue and green, Dong Jue almost laughed out loud.

Holding back his laughter, Dong Jue hurried out to smooth things over, "Master Ma, let's stop standing and sit down and talk."

I wanted to stand up for Wang Long and embarrass Wang Qi, but I didn't expect to make myself full of wheat bran instead.Ma Yuan's anger was not going well, and he was even more unwilling to let it go. After drinking a few sips of tea, he thought of something to say again.

"I heard that Mr. Wang told others everywhere that Jia Fugui used the name of brother Changsheng to grab things from you. I wonder if this is true?" Ma Yuancai put down his teacup and said, "Don't worry, brother Wang. If this happened, my father, as the parent officer of the county, would definitely not condone them."

Of course Wang Qi would not believe that Ma Yuan would be so kind, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Ma, for your concern, but the second brother has already explained this matter clearly to me. Jia Fugui did not go to take anything from me, everything is a misunderstanding. "

Ma Yuan knew something about Wang Long's indulgence of Jia Fugui's bullying of Wang Qi, and he expected that Wang Qi must have complaints in his heart.Seeing that Wang Qi changed his words now, Ma Yuancai was a little surprised, "I don't believe Brother Changsheng would allow Jia Fugui to bully his elder brother. But if there was no such thing, why did it spread on the street?"

"It's a rumor on the street, how can you believe it?" Wang Qi retorted.

Ma Wencai said with a smile: "However, I heard that someone has malicious intentions and purposely spread the news to tarnish brother Changsheng's reputation."

What he said meant something, it was clearly aimed at Wang Qi, Dong Jue said: "Mr. Ma, what do you mean?"

"It means literally." Ma Wencai looked at Wang Qi with a smile.

Feeling that what he said was unreasonable, Dong Jue became impatient.But Wang Qi said unhurriedly: "Our Wang family has a great career, so it is inevitable that people will be jealous. That's why there are people outside who make up the relationship between us brothers, and some people try to provoke the relationship between us brothers."

"Really?" Ma Yuancai said, "But how did I hear that you said it yourself? The whole Pingyao County knows it."

Seeing that he was aggressive, Wang Qi was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "I also heard that Mr. Ma is a frequent visitor to Yihong Courtyard, and often hides in the second brother's other courtyard to meet girls. I wonder if this is true?"

"Who did you listen to? Don't talk nonsense." Ma Yuancai's face changed, he sat up straight, and hurriedly said.

According to the law of the current dynasty, officials and their nephews are prohibited from entering or leaving places of fireworks such as prostitutes, and prostitution is not allowed. Violators must be felonies.Ma Yuan was lustful, but he didn't dare to recruit prostitutes openly, so he thought of an opportunistic way and asked Wang Long to help cover it. Even the old bustard of Yihong Court didn't know that he was a regular customer, so it was safe.

When Wang Qi suddenly mentioned it today, Ma Yuan couldn't help panicking, thinking in his mind: "Only Wang Long knows about this. How did Wang Qi know? Could it be that he heard the news from Wang Long?"

Thinking of this possibility, Ma Yuancai felt very unhappy, and secretly scolded Wang Long for being too careless.

Of course Wang Qi didn't get the news from Wang Long, Ma Yuancai was very cautious, every time he went to find a girl, he would go to one of Wang Long's other courtyards, and Wang Long would come forward to pick up the girls from the Yihong courtyard. sent back.Because Ma Yuancai never went to Yihongyuan and other places for fireworks, and those girls could not go to other places except Yihongyuan, and the two sides could not meet each other, so they lived in peace all the time.The reason why Wang Qi knew about this was naturally because of living an extra life.

In the previous life, Wang Long helped Ma Yuancai recruit prostitutes and was accidentally discovered by Jia Miner.Jia Min'er secretly reported the matter to Mrs. Xue, and deliberately made it unclear.Mrs. Xue thought that Wang Long was debauched in the other courtyard without telling her, and cried and made a scene, so she vaguely revealed the whole story.Even if no word got out, Ma Yuancai almost had a falling out with Wang Long.Jia Min'er took advantage of this incident to make Wang Long completely disgusted with Xue Shi.

Looking at Ma Yuancai's flustered eyes, Wang Qi smiled and said, "It turned out that the people in the house were talking nonsense after drinking, and they have already been reprimanded by the second brother. Of course, I believe that Mr. Ma is a clean person, and he will definitely not go to that kind of place. So I said , the rumors in the market are naturally not credible."

"That's it, that's it." Seeing that the news really came from Wang Long, Ma Yuancai felt even more annoyed, and didn't want to continue to trouble Wang Qi.

Wang Qi did not intend to let him go, and continued: "People who intentionally spread rumors are hateful, but those who listen to rumors regardless of right and wrong are equally chilling. Mr. Ma and his second brother are friends, so naturally they will not let those uneasy Well-intentioned people are arranging right and wrong behind the scenes, sowing discord between our brothers, and ruining the reputation of the second brother."

Ma Yuancai's original intention was to instigate the teacher and accuse Wang Qi of slandering his brother.In the end, Wang Qi got hold of him, and he turned him into a villain who sowed other people's brothers with a few words.

Although Dong Jue didn't know about Ma Yuancai's prostitution, but looking at Ma Yuancai's colorful face, he felt lively.

"Brother Qiongju, don't worry, Mr. Ma and I know what you two are like. As friends, we definitely wouldn't bend our elbows, right, Mr. Ma." Fearing, Ma Yuancai uttered a few words anxiously. The unpleasantness made everyone unhappy, and Dong Jue quickly spoke out to ease it.

"That's natural." Ma Yuancai's mouth twitched.

Knowing that Ma Wencai would not be able to sit still, Dong Jue also wanted to send him away to save trouble, so he hurriedly said: "Mr. Ma, you have been here for a long time, you should go to see the grandfather as soon as possible."

"Since that's the case, then I will excuse you first." Ma Yuancai left sullenly.

Seeing that Ma Yuancai came back in a hurry, and the people around watching the fun also stopped angrily, Dong Jue smiled and said: "Brother Qiongju, you were originally clumsy with your tongue, when did you become so sharp?"

"So it's just that I don't bother to be as knowledgeable as these people." Wang Qi took a sip of tea and said leisurely, "But since they said it clearly, I naturally have no reason to pretend to be a sick cat."

Thinking that this remark was a classic, Dong Jue wanted to speak again, but at this time, several prominent members of the county surrounded him.

"Second Master Dong, how is your father doing recently?"

The enthusiasm of the few people who came, and being a big family in the county, it is not easy to neglect, Dong Jue hurriedly stood up to say hello, "Thank you for your concern, my father is very good."

"I don't know if there are Master Zhang's paintings in Gu Baozhai?" Several people directly explained the purpose of their visit without further ado.

Looking at the people surrounding Dong Jue, Wang Qi knew that once Mr. Zhang left, his paintings would naturally increase.These people probably also took a fancy to this point, so they hurriedly asked Dong Jue.

Knowing that Dong Jue would be unable to get away for a while, Wang Qi didn't want to stay here any longer, so she got up and left.

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